Wheat Halwa- Kada Prasad

Wheat Halwa- Kada Prasad is a rich and delicious dessert (prasad) prepared with wheat flour, sugar and ghee. A quick, easy and under 30 minute recipe!!

Do I really need to say anything about this recipe? Wheat Halwa- Kada Prasad is a flour based prasad that is served at all Gurudwaras around the globe. On a Sunday morning, Gurudwara’s (a worship place for Shikhs or Guru ka darbar), are filled with a sweet smell of Kadah prasad and this halwa is offered to every one who visits the place.

This place is so divine and peaceful that you forget everything for a moment. Early in the morning, the Bhai-ji at our Gurudwara prepare kadah prasad by stirring it continuously and singing hymns in praise of Waheguru (the supreme lord).

After the Ardas (prayer ceremony), prasad is distributed by sevadars (voluntary service) and all the people (sangat) advance towards Langar (simple food offered by Guru’s kitchen). No matter how close we try to come in preparing this halwa but the one distributed at gurudwara is so divine and has it’s own rich taste.

RECIPE DETAILS – This is the most simple and easy halwa recipe. Follow few tricks to a smooth and creamy textured halwa-

Ghee is a must for this recipe. If atta feels dry, feel free to add some more ghee during the browning process.

Before adding sugar make sure the flour is light brown in color.

Do not pour all the sugar water at once. Add water slowly to the cooked flour to avoid lump formation.

Traditionally, gurudwara halwa is made ONLY with wheat flour. But at times, I have add 1 teaspoon sooji (semolina) to this recipe and it tastes great. Sooji adds a great texture and crunch to this halwa.

From my kitchen to yours a simple yet easy recipe of Wheat Halwa- Kada Prasad. Do give it a try and if possible share some of your yummy pictures with me at facebook.

Add ghee to a heavy bottomed pan. Add wheat flour and keep stirring on a medium flame. Meanwhile, in a separate pan combine sugar and water. Mix and until sugar is completely dissolved in water. Set it aside.

Keep stirring wheat flour until the color changes from pale brown to dark brown - for about 7-9 minutes. Turn the gas dial to low and while stirring mix in the sugar water that we had prepared earlier in the recipe. Add water slowly to avoid any lump formation. Keep stirring.
Stir in Eliachi powder and mix until well blended

At first the halwa will be in a liquid state. Keep stirring and soon it will start to thicken. Take it off the flame.

Hi ruchi I prepared the halwa with exact measures and the out come was perfect. It tasted awesome. Never I had cooked anything with such perfection…I really like your post with step by step pictures of recipe preparations.
Thank you
Pinky

hi Ruchi, we tried the recipe today, however we had lumps formed after we added the boiling water. How can we avoid it?
Secondly I found it too sweet – I confirmed with a friend and for 1/2 cup atta, 1/2 cup sugar was added to 2 cups water.
Either way, it came out too good except for the lumps.

Thanks for trying the recipe Tamanna! The key to a lump free halwa is keep stirring continuously while adding water. If you still end up with some lumps – mash them quickly before the halwa thickens up. As per taste, adjust sugar quantity from 1 cup to 3/4 cup.

Best, best recipe. Made it for my puja yesterday and in a large quantity. I doubled your ratio and was very scared but it was perfecccccccccccccct… You know your basics and I trust your recipes blindly. Thanks for making my day so praiseworthy in front of all my relatives. 🙂

Shipra, after adding water halwa will become runny as shown in pic 3. Keep stirring on medium heat and soon it will start bubbling and water will evaporate turning it into thick dough like consistency. Hope that answers your query. Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions.

I made this for Gurupurab and turned out perfect. Sugar and water was balanced. I always hit a roadblock with this halwa now I have your recipe on my fridge for ever. On that day I made it 2 times and everyone praised me. Thanks Supreet.

I have had this in Gurudhwaras and was looking for an exact recipe. Found your site and really delicious. Exactly the same taste. Except I left little bit of water in there and exact taste. Thanks Ruchi for your hard work and bringing us such delicious and basic recipes to our doorsteps, oops PHONES!!

Always a failure at making halwa, but this time a huge success. It was too too good. My hubby had tasted all my failed halwas earlier and when I offered him this one I could see that look on his face. But when he tasted he was all praises. Thanks Ruchi, halwa was perfectly sweet, smooth in texture and tasted just like kada prasad.

Pretty nice recipe. I’ve truly enjoyed browsing all of your blog posts. Made this halwa and it was super tasty close to what we eat at Gurudwara. Thank you. Im saving this recipe for future and before signing off keep up the really really hard work. its a great help dear. Shailja.